cuneus
/kyoo-nee-uhs/US // ˈkyu ni əs //UK // (ˈkjuːnɪəs) //
楔子,楔形物,楔形体,阴阳师
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural cu·ne·i [kyoo-nee-ahy]. /ˈkyu niˌaɪ/.
- : Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
- : Entomology. a wedge-shaped segment of the corium of certain hemipterous insects.
Examples
This elucubration was called: "Triplici nodo triplex cuneus," which probably means "A triple pry for the triple knot."
In the year 1748 a Dutch experimenter named Cuneus thought he would try to electrify water.
Unwittingly Cuneus had invented what became known thereafter as a Leyden jar, Leyden being the town in which he lived.
One Cuneus and a monk named Kleist each claimed the honor of original invention of the condenser.
Cuneus, and others, have also calculated the capacity of the ark.
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